Mindf*ck. Slight improvement. I expected better, but the rEApers won, apparently. Can't blame a girl for trying though, right...
Rate the EC with one word.
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#1356
Posté 27 juin 2012 - 02:35
Delaney
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My rating depends on from what point of view you're looking at the EC, so ... Here we go:
Concerning ONLY Shepard's story: Incomplete/dissappointing
Concerning story of Normandy crew, friends, races: Satisfying (in numbers: 5/10)
Concerning ONLY Shepard's story: Incomplete/dissappointing
Concerning story of Normandy crew, friends, races: Satisfying (in numbers: 5/10)
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#1358
Posté 27 juin 2012 - 02:36
BadExamp1e
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Aether McLoud wrote...
Satisfying.
#1362
Posté 27 juin 2012 - 03:14
FlamingBoy
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Can't do it in one word, I tried:
still sucks but at least it is bearable now
still sucks but at least it is bearable now
#1371
Posté 27 juin 2012 - 03:30
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Mediocre..
(Or like I remember someone saying in an old Rise of the Robots 2 review, "You can't polish a turd.")
(Or like I remember someone saying in an old Rise of the Robots 2 review, "You can't polish a turd.")
#1375
Posté 27 juin 2012 - 03:35
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In one word: Terrible.
But wait: that's actually a pretty big improvement. Before it, the ending was an unbelievable, mind-blowing, apocalyptic trainwreck. Now it's just plain terrible.
Simply put, explaining a terrible idea still leaves it a terrible idea. Everything wrong with the entire approach is still just as wrong as on day #1.
The concept is still stolen from Deus Ex or Foundation's Edge
The crucible is still a cheap plot device, a contrived and hamfisted deus ex machina with no proper explanation and no roots in the universe's lore or general setting.
Hologram Brat is still unbearable.
The 3 "choices" are still between dictatorship, genocide or eugenics (with added "suicide" option, yay!)
Cerberus is still ridiculously blown out of proportion.
Kai Leng still is a pathetic failure as an antagonist.
As is TIM in this iteration.
The ending still violates about every rule (written or unwritten) of storytelling
The ending still violates about every rule of roleplaying game design
It still discards all player's previous choices
It still goes *completely* against the series previous central themes or philosophies
And it still goes against everything that the advance hype promised...
But that's okay. It gave me closure. I'm done with this game and the 2 before for good, Bioware has been removed from my "preorder" or "buy on release day" list, time to simply move on. Cheers.
But wait: that's actually a pretty big improvement. Before it, the ending was an unbelievable, mind-blowing, apocalyptic trainwreck. Now it's just plain terrible.
Simply put, explaining a terrible idea still leaves it a terrible idea. Everything wrong with the entire approach is still just as wrong as on day #1.
The concept is still stolen from Deus Ex or Foundation's Edge
The crucible is still a cheap plot device, a contrived and hamfisted deus ex machina with no proper explanation and no roots in the universe's lore or general setting.
Hologram Brat is still unbearable.
The 3 "choices" are still between dictatorship, genocide or eugenics (with added "suicide" option, yay!)
Cerberus is still ridiculously blown out of proportion.
Kai Leng still is a pathetic failure as an antagonist.
As is TIM in this iteration.
The ending still violates about every rule (written or unwritten) of storytelling
The ending still violates about every rule of roleplaying game design
It still discards all player's previous choices
It still goes *completely* against the series previous central themes or philosophies
And it still goes against everything that the advance hype promised...
But that's okay. It gave me closure. I'm done with this game and the 2 before for good, Bioware has been removed from my "preorder" or "buy on release day" list, time to simply move on. Cheers.
Modifié par ArminW68, 27 juin 2012 - 03:36 .
